The first table below looks at the demand for HTTP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited HTTP over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Communications & Networking category for the Cambridge region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Rank 33 43 30
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -13
Contract jobs citing HTTP 4 6 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 1.190% 1.402% 1.594%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 5.405% 8.108% 7.143%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 0
Average daily rate - £363 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.35 £30.00 £25.75
% change year-on-year
-25.51% +16.50%
All Communications & Networking
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
74 74 56
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 22.02% 17.29% 22.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 31 20
Average daily rate £285 £313 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.80% +4.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £213 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £375 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £325
% change year-on-year
-5.97% +3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 22 12
Average hourly rate £37.00 £41.25 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.30% +17.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.00 £10.75 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £56.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £25.38 £27.50
% change year-on-year
-18.22% -7.72%
HTTP
Cambridgeshire

HTTP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing HTTP across the Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Cambridge HTTP Jobs Demand Trend

HTTP
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing HTTP across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge HTTP Daily Rate Trend

HTTP
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing HTTP across the Cambridge region.

Cambridge HTTP Hourly Rate Trend

HTTP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing HTTP also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited HTTP.

1 5 (50.00%) Python
2 4 (40.00%) Windows
2 4 (40.00%) C++
3 3 (30.00%) UNIX
3 3 (30.00%) SQL
3 3 (30.00%) Linux
3 3 (30.00%) Flash
3 3 (30.00%) Broadband
3 3 (30.00%) Ethernet
3 3 (30.00%) TCP/IP
3 3 (30.00%) DNS
3 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (30.00%) Adobe
3 3 (30.00%) Benchmarking
3 3 (30.00%) Streaming Media
3 3 (30.00%) Silverlight
3 3 (30.00%) xDSL
3 3 (30.00%) HTML5
3 3 (30.00%) Test Automation
4 2 (20.00%) Non-Functional Testing
4 2 (20.00%) C#
4 2 (20.00%) Java
5 1 (10.00%) T-SQL
5 1 (10.00%) .NET
5 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
5 1 (10.00%) JUnit
5 1 (10.00%) Servlets
5 1 (10.00%) HTTPS
5 1 (10.00%) Client/Server
5 1 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery

HTTP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge region citing HTTP also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited HTTP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (30.00%) Flash
1 3 (30.00%) Silverlight
1 3 (30.00%) HTML5
2 1 (10.00%) .NET
2 1 (10.00%) Servlets
2 1 (10.00%) Spring
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) Broadband
1 3 (30.00%) Ethernet
1 3 (30.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (30.00%) DNS
1 3 (30.00%) xDSL
2 1 (10.00%) HTTPS
2 1 (10.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) JUnit
1 1 (10.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
1 1 (10.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (10.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Architect
2 2 (20.00%) Test Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Test Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Support Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Applications Support
3 1 (10.00%) Release Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Change Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Java Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Applications Support Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Backup Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Non-Functional Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Streaming Media
2 1 (10.00%) Client/Server
2 1 (10.00%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Windows
2 3 (30.00%) UNIX
2 3 (30.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Benchmarking
1 3 (30.00%) Test Automation
2 2 (20.00%) Non-Functional Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (10.00%) Scrum
3 1 (10.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Functional Testing
3 1 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (10.00%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) Python
2 4 (40.00%) C++
3 3 (30.00%) SQL
4 2 (20.00%) C#
4 2 (20.00%) Java
5 1 (10.00%) T-SQL
5 1 (10.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) ISEB
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) ARCserve
1 1 (10.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (30.00%) Adobe
2 1 (10.00%) VMware
2 1 (10.00%) HP
2 1 (10.00%) EMC
2 1 (10.00%) Twitter